Opinion/Editorial

Interest groups have impacted our government greatly since they first began. However, some think that these groups are too powerful and too controlling. In my opinion, interest groups are the nation’s voice. These groups get things done and get answers. The goal of an interest group is to voice their wants and to influence decisions made by the government. Our nation has millions of people and not all decisions the government makes is loved. That is why there are interest groups to speak for the millions of people in our nation. Interest groups such as environmental groups influence policies on saving wildlife, or business and labor interest groups that influence lawmakers of policies that could improve the economy. Those business and labor interest groups are needed desperately because today we are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Therefore, interest groups are impacting the United States in an effective and positive way, a way that gives our nation hope for a better future.